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was reworked as " canberra blues " by the bitter lemons, an r & b band. the lyrics speak of the problems faced by young australians in the australian capital territory in the 1960s. theessink adapted the song to his style of european blues for the album journey on in 1997. in 2006, billy bragg reworked the song as " bush war blues ". bragg's cover is a topical protest song about the iraq war. in one verse, bragg claims that the iraq war was not for democracy but instead was to " make the world safe for halliburton ". in another, he takes on the christian right, asking